Premier League legend Michael Owen has revealed the biggest problem being faced by Unai Emery at Arsenal.
Michael Owen talked about Arsenal manager Unai Emery and his players while he was doing his punditry work on BT Sports.
According to him, Unai Emery’s biggest problem at Arsenal is the form of club-record signing Nicholas Pepe.
The former Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United striker was reacting to the Europa League win over Standard Liege.
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Arsenal beat Standard Liege 4-0 at home to maintain their perfect record in the Europa League this season.
Pepe was the only negative picked our from the game by Michael Owen amidst many positives as pointed out by the former Premier League striker on BT Sports.
The 72 million pounds player came on as a second half substitute for Ainsley Maitland-Niles and he was largely anonymous during his cameo appearance just like what was obtainable in the previous matches this season.
Nicholas Pepe has scored just one goal in nine matches with his lone strike coming from the penalty spot during the Premier League win over newly promoted side Aston Villa last month.
The Ivorian international player scored one of the goals as Arsenal came from behind twice to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at home.